Alexandre de Laborde (bibliophile)

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Alexandre-Léon-Joseph, comte de Laborde (born November 1, 1853 at Beauregard Castle in Fontenay-en-Vexin , Département Eure , † July 16, 1944 in Paris ) was a French officer and bibliophile .

Life

Alexandre de Laborde, son of Léon de Laborde (1807–1869) and grandson of Alexandre de Laborde (1773–1842), began his military career in 1873 when he entered the École Spéciale Militaire de Saint-Cyr . In 1879 he became a sub-lieutenant in the infantry in Évreux , and in 1881 a lieutenant. From 1881 he served in the General Staff , in 1885 he became a captain , in 1896 chief de bataillon and in 1907 lieutenant-colonel . In 1911 he retired from active service, but was mobilized again during the First World War .

He was interested in old books. He put on a large collection of books and graphics and also published scholarly publications on the history of book illumination . Of particular importance are his publications on the illustrations of De civitate Dei des Augustine and the Bible moralisée . He was president of the Société des bibliophiles français and in 1911 the founder and first president of the Société française de reproduction des manuscrits à peinture . He was also a member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques , the Société des antiquaires de France , the Société de l'histoire de France and the Société de l'histoire de Paris et de l'Île-de-France . In 1917 he became a member of the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres , to which his father and grandfather had already belonged. He was also a Knight of the Legion of Honor .

Publications (selection)

  • Les manuscrits à peintures de la Cité de Dieu de saint Augustin . 3 volumes, Paris 1909.
  • Ernest Quentin-Bauchard, bibliophile, 1830-1909 , 1910.
  • La Bible moralisée illustrée, conservée à Oxford, Paris, et Londres . 5 volumes, Paris 1911–1927.
  • La mort chevauchant un bœuf, origine de cette illustration de l'office des morts dans certains livres d'heures de la fin du XVe siècle , 1923.
  • Les miracles de Notre Dame . 1929.
  • Chanson de Roland. Reproduction phototypique du Manuscrit Digby 23 de la Bodleian Library d'Oxford . 1932.
  • The principaux manuscrits à peinture conservés dans l'ancienne Bibliothèque impériale de Saint-Pétersbourg . 2 volumes, Paris 1936–1938.
  • Nicolas Houel, Fondateur de la Maison de Charité Chrétienne , 1937.

literature

  • Henri Maspero : Éloge funèbre de M. Alexandre de Laborde . In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1944, pp. 322–327 ( digitized version ).
  • Ernest Tonnelat : Notice sur la vie et les travaux du comte Alexandre de Laborde, membre de l'Académie . In: Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres 1947, pp. 420-443 ( digitized version ).
  • Yvonne Lanhers: Laborde, Alexandre-Léon-Joseph, comte de. In: Dictionnaire de biographie française . Volume 18, Paris 1994, Sp. 1362-1363.

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personal data
SURNAME Laborde, Alexandre de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laborde, Alexandre-Léon-Joseph, comte de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French officer and bibliophile
DATE OF BIRTH November 1, 1853
PLACE OF BIRTH Beauregard Castle, Fontenay-en-Vexin , Eure department
DATE OF DEATH July 16, 1944
Place of death Paris